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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: September 2006
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Saturday, September 30, 2006. Time: not as linear as I thought. Then there are the people who feel so hugely inconvenienced by seeing a notice page that they call us to complain at us for a while. I always find this amazing, if only because they tend to complain for longer than it would take to read and respond to the notice. Personally, I'd rather use my time a bit more efficiently, but I guess that's me and my whole "common sense" approach to things. Common words, ...
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: October 2006
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Friday, October 27, 2006. Caller: "Hi, are you guys having problems? For some reason, when people call in and ask me that right away, it really bugs me. I'm not sure why. It's a reasonable question. Maybe it's just the fact that the problem is very, very rarely on our end, and that usually people who ask us this question are assuming that it is. Our fault and are sometimes unwilling to consider that the problem could possibly be on their computer. Me: "Well sir, I am...
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: April 2007
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Thursday, April 26, 2007. So I pushed on the whatchamacallit. Caller - "So I can't get on my Internet." (on dial up). Me - "Okay, so how do you normally connect to the Internet? Caller - "Well I push down on the whatchamacallit and use the thingamajiggy. And then I'm at Google.". Me - "Okay, so what are you using that's the whatchamacallit? I already figured she meant 'mouse' but just wanted to be sure). Caller - "That thingie you move around the the TV.". Caller - "...
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: What?
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Thursday, August 23, 2007. So I got this e-mail:. Can we set up a second [insert misspelled company name here] account and load it to another pc using Microsoft office instead of just using the. The system is XP and the ver of Office is 2003. There are so many things wrong for such a short mail. First and foremost, what the hell do they actually mean? I have no clue (presumably because they don't). How does one add an internet account using the web? Could they actual...
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: Joke
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Wednesday, September 26, 2007. So a customer sends an e-mail to a nonexistent address. Naturally, the mail server returns an undeliverable message. In this case, the particularly relevant part of the error message reads "MAILBOX NOT FOUND". The customer replies (to the mailer-daemon, yes, in our company, I get these messages) saying "The mail shute [sic] is inside the front door. Please deliver.". Posted by Gideon Humphrey @ 10:56 AM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: Joke (revisited)
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Thursday, October 11, 2007. Another customer has replied to mailer-daemon:. I am trying to send emails to [address omitted] this is the email they gave me please forward my mail. Posted by Stéphane @ 7:46 AM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Monday, August 27, 2007. Another amusing customer quote:. My default network is ExecuDINK? That vaguely appropriates the company name I work for, but it's not even close. Posted by loopdokter @ 11:05 AM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: More Fun E-mail
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Monday, August 27, 2007. And by "Fun", I of course mean "Questionably Productive". Anyway, today's e-mail says simply "I don't have a server. Why". It's really tempting to answer "because quad Xeons are expensive? But somehow I don't think that's the answer they're looking for. Posted by Gideon Humphrey @ 6:56 AM. Comments: Post a Comment.
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: July 2006
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Monday, July 31, 2006. No, but I can give you the rest of my muffin. Do you have anything other than online internet? Posted by Simon @ 10:52 AM 0 comments. Saturday, July 29, 2006. Me: "Alright, so you're at your computer? Customer: "No, hold on, I'll go there.". Customer: "OK, I'm there. What now? Me: "Click on Start, then click on Control Pa- ". Customer: "Wait, let me put the cat down.". Why are you calling while holding your cat? Thursday, July 27, 2006. Have th...
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale: August 2006
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Suckerfish on the Side of Your Whale. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. On a lighter note. I can't help but smile when a user tells me that the "rabbit" on their screen has frozen up. Posted by Stéphane @ 7:50 AM 0 comments. Tuesday, August 29, 2006. A note on financial responsibility. Do you pay more than the minimum payment? Personally I know the dates that all transactions go in and out of my account. I always make sure the appropriate amount of money is set aside for bills, I save some and I leave the ...
